Example sentences of "away a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Politicians , uncomfortable in the spotlight , publicly back some sort of reform package that might take away a few of their perks . |
| 2 | During a lunch break I sat with him in a village pub where he put away a few pints . |
| 3 | Grimm stumbled away a few paces . |
| 4 | As a result , she had been able to put away a few shillings every week , and over these past three years the shillings had mounted until now the bag of coins which she kept hidden under the bedroom floorboards had swollen to a tidy sum . |
| 5 | When she grew calmer , he slowly released her and she walked away a few paces , staggering , digging her hands in her pockets and turning her back on him . |
| 6 | The youngest was a Spanish cabinboy who had run away a few years before from his vicious captain , the oldest a maroon from Benin who had fled a plantation on an island to the north : he had stowed away in a pirate ship that had stopped to draw water on Oualie . |
| 7 | I had originally crossed the Atlantic thinking I would be away a few months , but the brief tour had stretched into years . |
| 8 | She swept the towel from the back of his neck , flicking away a few strands of hair . |
| 9 | You might have thought I 'd happily become a little playmate for you to while away a few tedious hours with , but let me tell you , Mr Jacobsen , you were way off the mark . ’ |
| 10 | Someone or something had been through the fridge and taken away a few samples of earthling diet — a chilli con carne and a cold lasagne that was probably even now being scoffed by a load of blobs up in the ionosphere . |
| 11 | Nostalgia buffs are gathering for an auction of items which most would have thrown away a few years ago . |
| 12 | Despite these minor domestic headaches , it was decided to give him a special birthday treat of a guided tour of the Chubb Factory to decide exactly how all those interesting little gadgets actually work and no doubt to take away a few tips as well . |